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What if curing cancer could cost 99% less in China?

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Myanmar quake strikes China’s belt and road heartland: how bad is it?

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Firefighters prepare to deploy drones to survey the quake-affected area in Ruili, in southwest China’s Yunnan province bordering Myanmar, on March 28. Photo: Xinhua

EV expert Xu Fuguo returns to China after leaving US$30 million project in Japan

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Xu Fuguo, whose research has focused on EV control engineering, started as a professor in the mechanical engineering school at Dalian University of Technology after spending years researching in the Japanese auto sector. Photo: Xinhua

Chiang Kai-shek’s great grandson, Coldplay ticketing mess: 7 highlights

Andrew Chiang You-ching, the great-grandson of Taiwan’s former leader Chiang Kai-shek, announced on social media that he is moving to Hangzhou to build a career and promote cross-strait ties. Photo: Douyin/Andrew Chiang

How US-China collaboration in neutrinos led to breakthroughs and then broke down

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US President Donald Trump announces tariffs on auto imports in the Oval Office of the White House on March 26. Photo: AFP
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Opinion | Trump’s Maga ambition may be more audacious than we think

Outrageous? Yes. But a United States of all Americas and including Greenland would be the first truly planetary North-South superpower.

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‘Don’t panic!’ Mystery sky spiral caused by SpaceX rocket fuel, experts say

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China aims to deploy maglev rocket launch pad by 2028, challenging SpaceX

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Former US defence researcher Zhan Hanyu joins China’s elite aerospace university

Zhan joins university named on US Entity List because of ties to China’s military after involvement in many American research projects.

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In December, Zhan Hanyu became a full-time professor at the college of automation engineering at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics after studying and working in the US for more than 15 years. Photo: The Paper
Tourism

Unexpected US destination makes top 5 list of best stargazing locations

Planet Cruise’s list of best astro-tourism locations was topped by Interlaken in Switzerland, with Iceland’s capital Reykjavík coming second.

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Chinese scientists propose a giant telescope on the far side of the moon

Array would leverage robotic and crewed lunar missions and China-led International Lunar Research Station set to take shape by 2035.

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Chinese satellites seen ‘dogfighting’, US Space Force official says

Objects observed ‘manoeuvring in and out and around each other’, practising tactics, techniques and procedures, according to USSF general.

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A Shiyan-24C experimental satellite is launched from a sea platform in 2024. The satellite is among those seen “dogfighting in space”, according to the USSF. Photo: Handout
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Nasa astronauts back on Earth after 9 months stuck in space

Barry ‘Butch’ Wilmore and Suni Williams splashed down off the Florida coast, capping an end to their prolonged space mission.

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US astronauts head back to Earth after unexpected 9-month ISS stay

Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore return on a SpaceX capsule after a bungled Boeing test flight left them stranded on the ISS.

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Chinese nuclear scientists identify flaw in Nasa’s lunar reactor design

China could power ahead of the US in the moon race thanks to a few structural differences in its lunar base reactor, engineers say.

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Artist’s concept of a fission power system on the lunar surface. Chinese engineers have pointed out some minor differences that make the Chinese lunar nuclear reactor more efficient and longer-lasting than Nasa’s. Image: Nasa
United States

Long-overdue welcome as SpaceX capsule arrives to replace stuck Nasa astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are expected to return to Earth in their own SpaceX capsule later this week.

SpaceX Crew-10 mission astronauts en route to the launch complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Friday. Photo: AFP
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US risks being left in Chinese plasma engine’s wake as Mars race intensifies

While Nasa’s budgetary struggle continues, the red planet may be a step closer for China after it unveiled a powerful new plasma engine.

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United States

SpaceX launches new crew to space station to replace Nasa’s stuck astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams’ initial week-long mission became a nine-month stint after technical issues kept them from returning home.

United States

‘Blood Moon’ to bathe Earth with red light in total lunar eclipse

It is the first total lunar eclipse since 2022, but there will be another this September.

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The “Super Blood Moon” rises over the Cypriot capital Nicosia on May 26, 2021. Photo: AFP
Made in China 2025

China’s latest satellite launch is a milestone for its commercial space sector

The mission is a step forward for China’s push to develop a commercial space industry – and rival Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet service.

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A Long March-8 Y6 rocket carrying 18 satellites blasts off from the commercial spaceport in southern China’s Hainan province on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
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China invites the world on its mission to Mars while Nasa reels from Trump cuts

Short deadline for science project submissions suggests Tianwen-3 could be on track to win race to bring samples back to Earth.

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United States

Nasa and SpaceX delay flight that was to retrieve stranded US astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for nine months after a trip on Boeing’s faulty Starliner.

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US-China relations

China’s progress on ‘game-changing’ space technology heightens US concerns

US Space Force official points to progress on refuelling satellites in space as an example of the country’s ambitious plans.

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The Shijian-25 satellite was launched in January. Photo: Xinhua
SpaceX

SpaceX’s latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

SpaceX spacecraft experienced ‘a rapid unscheduled disassembly’ in the second consecutive Starship failure this year.

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Intuitive Machines’ moon lander apparently touches down on its side – again

US firm’s Athena lander may have fallen over while touching down near the moon’s south pole.

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European Union

Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket blasts off on first commercial mission

The high-profile mission comes as Europe seeks to strengthen its defences amid doubts about the US as a security partner under Trump.

The Ariane 6 rocket lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on Thursday. Photo: AFP
United States

Moon landing successful for private US spaceship Blue Ghost

Firefly Aerospace became the second US company to land on the moon, one of a handful of companies on the front lines of a global moon race.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches carrying Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander. Photo: Reuters
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China’s space station will host Pakistani astronaut as first foreign visitor

The agreement is the latest sign of the close cooperation between the two countries, which will also see a Pakistani rover going to the moon.

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European Union

European satellite launcher set for first commercial blast-off

The launch is key to Europe’s efforts to build up its security autonomy amid the shocks caused by the US-Russia diplomatic rapprochement.

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Katy Perry and Bezos’ fiancée to fly to space on Blue Origin rocket

They will be part of a six-member, all-female crew on Blue Origin’s next space flight.

Katy Perry will be part of a six-member, all-female crew on Blue Origin’s next space flight. Photo: Reuters
Singapore

Singapore’s space technology dreams to take flight with US$45 million boost

Singapore firm also signs deal with LeoLabs to explore possibility of building a radar and the region’s first space situational awareness centre.

Singapore will inject a further US$45 million over two years to grow its space technology programme. Photo: Shutterstock
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‘City killer’ asteroid is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say

The chance of a football field-sized asteroid striking Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 per cent.

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Chinese scientists turn Boeing’s Starliner crisis into missile breakthrough

As Nasa struggles to return two astronauts after issues with the Starliner capsule, China has used the problem to its advantage.

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